Surname Rahelić in modern Croatia

Rahelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Rahelić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (45), Zagreb (10), Opatija (<10), Kraljevica (<5), and in Tribunj (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Rahelić (including: Rahelic , Rahelich ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Rahelic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rahelich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dario Rahelić, Helena Rahelić, Velimir Rahelić, Mirjana Rahelić, Melita Rahelić, Željko Rahelić, Sandra Rahelić, Višnjica Rahelić, Leo Rahelić, Srđan Rahelić, Jelica Rahelić, Jerko Rahelić, Alma Rahelić, Dimitrije Rahelić, Nenad Rahelić, Ninoslav Rahelić, Igor Rahelić, Ankica Rahelić, Nikola Rahelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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